Proverbs 23:19

My son, hear thou, and be wise, and (ad)dress thy soul in the way (or and direct thy soul to the right way).

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In The King James Version

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

In Context

18For thou shalt have hope at the last, and thine abiding shall not be done away.

20Do not thou be in the feasts of drinkers, neither in the oft eatings of them, that bring together fleshes to eat. (Do not thou be at the feasts of drinkers, nor at the oft eatings of those who bring much meat to eat.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:10My son, hear thou, and take my words (to heart); (so) that the years of (thy) life be multiplied to thee.

Proverbs 6:6O! thou slow man (or O thou lazy one!), go to the ant; and behold thou his ways, and learn thou wisdom.

Proverbs 23:12Thine heart enter to teaching, and thine ears to the words of knowing. (Let thy heart draw close to instruction, and thy ears to words of knowledge.)

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:18-19

Parental Advice. 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: " Let not thy heart envy sinners; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the success they are to be pitied rather than envied. Their prosperity is their portion ( Ps. xii. 14 ), nay, it is their poison," Prov. i.… Read the whole commentary →

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